| Yemeni government forces have killed 12 more supporters of an anti-U.S. rebel cleric in overnight clashes in the mountainous north of the country, a government-owned newspaper said on its Web site on Friday. The paper, September 24, quoted sources in the governorate of the Saada province. It said the dead included the brother of Hussein al-Houthi and raised the death toll from over a 10 days of clashes to at least 72. On Wednesday, Yemeni forces killed 10 members of Houthi’s "Believing Youth" group in Saada, security sources said. Dozens more fled or gave themselves up, the source added, as security forces besieging the area took over some of the rebels’ fortified bases. On Tuesday Yemeni forces killed Zaid bin Ali al-Houthi, deputy commander of "The Believing Youth" and officials said they seized weapons and ammunition along with pamphlets "which promote sectarian strife." |